Mt. Kenya National Park

This game park is created around Kenya’s tallest Mountain and Africa’s second. Mt Kenya. The park straddles the equator and covers more than 715 sq km. Mount Kenya is observed as sacred by the Kikuyu people, as this is said to be a god who lives here. The mountain’s snow-capped peaks can be seen on clear days, but are often enclosed in low cloud cover. With altitudes ranging from 1,600m to 5,200m, there is a wide range of vegetation. It includes indigenous rich sub-alpine flora, low-lying forests and bamboo zones, as well as moorlands and tundra. Common species found are giant forest hog, tree hyrax, white-tailed mongoose, elephant, buffalo, duiker, leopard, black rhino, bushbuck, bongos, Mountain buzzards, tinker birds and several other species.